CHILDREN ASTRAY

by Drucker, Saul and Maurice Beck Hexter

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Book description: Harvard University Press: 1923. 421 pages. A detailed study that " the presentation of these cases is to demonstrate the possibilities of using orphanages for special cases, rather than utilizing such institutions only for the easy and "normal" problem of child dependency. Such a practice is exactly opposite to that followed so religiously by all such institutions up to a decade ago and still lingering in many places." Eight chapters titled; Truants; Weaklings; Wanderers; Pilferers; Characterially Defective; Precocious; Sex Problems and Intractables. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, with an inscription by one of the author- Saul Drucker, who was Superintendent of Home For Jewish Children in Boston.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No dust jacket present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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